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>> that is a little bit in a vacuum. some people are convinced we could go to a different tax system. a flat income tax or sales tax they might be willing to give up other deductions. but the problem is if you are afraid to put it on the table because you dont think washington will follow through and get the rest of it done. i am for wholesale tax reform. clear the decks and lets start over. >> eric: this is why its class warfare. if you highlight taker, makers, have, have-nots, 99%, the 1%, tha...

Iee, working at media matters. i wrote that whole thing just so i could end it on media matters. >> dana: i could tell. you worked backwards. >> greg: the backward principle. >> dana: talent. >> greg: okay, should students be paid to go to school? poor kids from poor homes? eric? >> eric: i like except about your piece except for the part saying they are paid by donors and federal workforce investment act. >> kimberly: there is a catch. >> greg: but they said, according to the article i read, al...

>> bob: they dont think that way. a lot of kids are kids of single mothers, from poor areas who dont see america as the american dream. the fact some cases may see it exactly the opposite. so, you got to look at this thing. another country, yes, but other countries they dont have the rampant race of single parent, poor people where the lions share of the kids come from. that is a distinction. >> eric: if you offer it that way, bob, eventually, you get used to it. you get used to subtleties. >> k...

They smell like butterflies. >> kimberly: no, they dont. that is one of those things. by the way, what do you think? christie had the right thing on the flags at half mass? >> eric: i am not going there. i live in new jersey. if you want to fly the flag at half mass, i get it. people are outraged. military families outraged over the hoopla and outraged that christie would lower the flag for native, newark, new jersey. >> dana: you can -- [ overtalk ] >> kimberly: were sliding out of this block. ...

Clinton has done in haiti, pretty impressive. he and bush 43 working together after the earthquake. things that president bush has done in africa and continues to. do its a little bit of a cmon, youre not the only former president. >> kimberly: no. >> bob: lets give carter his due here. i know its funny, but the group his group eradicated saved 2 million lives. what george bush did in africa saved millions of lives. >> kimberly: talking about as president. >> bob: when he was president he had me...

Swing states that will decide who is elected in the 2012, president obama leads mitt romney 47-39. he leads rick santorum 48-39. he leads ron paul 48-36. and the biggest one he has a lead over is newt gingrich. 52-32. i will say the numbers change dramatically in the last few months. polling being what they are, they can change in the economy gets worse. snapshot in time, most republicans were not expecting to see this at this stage of this race. is that a fair statement? >> eric: i dont -- why,...

To actually get something done. so those are things we can agree with. on the stingy part, i disagree. americans are extremely generous. not only with the taxpayers dollars, our foreign aid is 1% of the budget. less than 1% of the budget. people give a lot to their churches, through non-profit organizations and americans also unlike a lot of people around the world, they give a ton of their time. >> eric: foreign aid is a quarter of -- >> kimberly: let me make a comment about carter. sorry to sa...

On waivers -- excuse me, the knicks picked him up on waivers and he went to the development league, right? for a while? and he was on the bench and one of their stars who is -- >> eric: amare stoudamire. >> bob: stoudamire had to sit on the bench and so they needed to pull the kid off the bench. >> eric: so he goes, richard carmello anthony. but last friday night he goes to l.a., kobe bryant, its all about kobe. tired of hearing about jeremy lin. guess what happens? iermy lin puts up 38 points a...

In politics is unemployment number is not as important as disposal income. as a factor to be elected president. if gas prices are that high, disposable income as well. >> eric: can i throw one thing out there? for every penny higher in the national average in gasoline, billion of spending disposal income comes out of the american economy. if it goes up a dollar, its $100 billion. >> bob: let me ask dana a question. the democrats are obviously going to brag about this. they have been snake bit. u...

They smell like butterflies. >> kimberly: no, they dont. that is one of those things. by the way, what do you think? christie had the right thing on the flags at half mass? >> eric: i am not going there. i live in new jersey. if you want to fly the flag at half mass, i get it. people are outraged. military families outraged over the hoopla and outraged that christie would lower the flag for native, newark, new jersey. >> dana: you can -- [ overtalk ] >> kimberly: were sliding out of this block. ...